METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
Sunshine in Plymouth for 1889. 
Sun above the 
Sun shone in 
Percentage 
No. of days 
Month. 
horizon 
Plymouth 
actual was 
no sun- 
hrs. 
min. 
hrs. 
min. 
of possible. 
shine. 
January 
.... 260 
19 
52 
17 
201 
... 14 
February .... 
.... 277 
28 
77 
34 
28*0 
9 
March 
.... 364 
17 
104 
58 
28*8 
7 
April 
. .. 409 
30 
160 
34 
39*2 
1 
May 
. . 473 
49 
171 
30 
36-2 
6 
... 484 
12 
207 
54 
429 
3 
July 
.... 486 
47 
187 
21 
38 5 
3 
August 
, , 441 
48 
178 
57 
40*5 
1 
.... 372 
49 
139 
33 
375 
2 
.... 326 
17 
87 
21 
26*7 
5 
, 264 
8 
33 
33 
127 
... 14 
244 
14 
55 
51 
222 
... 13 
Sunshine. — The sunshine for the year was 33 per cent, of that 
possible. The sun shone in Plymouth rather less than one-third of 
the time he was above the horizon, while on 78 days he was not 
visible here. The sunshine for the year was less than the average. 
Eainfall. — Kain fell on 184 days, to the amount of 34 J inches, 
which is about 97 per cent, of the average. The heaviest rainfall 
for the year in twenty-four hours was 1*13 inches, on February 6th. 
For seven months of the year the rainfall was below the average, 
June having been a very dry month. The wettest months were 
March and October ; more than 5 inches fell in each month. On 
four days more than an inch fell in twenty-four hours. On 
March 20th, in a shower lasting four and a half minutes, there 
fell *15 inch. The longest dry period was from November 5th to 
17th, and the longest wet period was from September 29th to 
November 4th, in which we get thirty-six days with only seven 
days during which no rain was measured. In seven days, from 
March 3rd to 9th, there fell 4'15 inches of rain. In October 
there were only seven dry days. 
